Alice Laussade edits four-letter words out of her vocabulary to deliver a glowing review of the American-Chinese Shanghai Restaurant.

Taco fanatic Jose Ralat Maldonado picks the frontrunners from his year on the Taco Trail. Then he looks ahead to how the taco will evolve in 2011. He predicts meat inside of tortillas, and then the rest is left to imagination.

Robert Wilonsky catches up with Tom Colicchio to discuss changes at Craft. The brief interview makes the celebrity chef seem professional and kind; nothing like the catty teenage girl Sidedish's Nancy Nichols encountered.

Micah Boswell and Elizabeth Stewardson had their priorities in order when they gorged themselves on thousands of dollars in champagne and dancers, but only $25 in food. It would be a sweet story, except the Dallas pair fled the scene without paying their astronomical tab.

Mark Vamos enjoys most of the food served at Hector's, and promises that you'll have a good time at the rambunctious, playful, Hector-singing-and-dancing "Hector Show" -- if you're into that kind of thing.

Eats Blog You know how you promised yourself that 2011 would see way more cabbage and way fewer cigarettes and cheesecake bites? GuideDaily's Tina Danze is right there to support you with three cabbage recipes.

In a quasi-rare display of playfulness, Leslie Brenner and commenters make a list of gastronomic oxymorons.

Sidedish Hayley Hamilton reports that chef Matt McCallister will take a moment before his year-long cooking tour to create some playful, innovative dishes alongside chef J. Chastain (Second Floor Bistro) and chef Abraham Salum (Salum). Reservations are available through either restaurant.

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